Brilliant Manager, 3rd Edition

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my employers QinetiQ for allowing me the use

of work facilities to write the first and second editions of this book.

I am indebted to Neil Hepworth, who read each chapter as it

was first written and gave me such encouragement and sound

advice during the creation of this book.

I was most fortunate in having so many friends and colleagues

who read the book and gave me feedback on it, including Mark

Gamble, Cath Hipwood, Ken and Christine Magowan, Steve

Mitchell, Michael O’Mahony, Eric Peeling, Thomas Petford,

Jutta Spaniol, Sally and David Rees, Rob Rowlingson, Julian

Satchell, Mike Wild, Arthur Williams and Harriet Yeoman. I am

particularly indebted to Richard Chisnall, Duncan Machray,

Betty Mackman, Matthew Peck, Anne-Marie Rocca and Alan

Watson for their line-by-line critiques of early drafts.

I had many hundreds of conversations and interviews with

friends, associates and colleagues about the subject matter of

the book, and it is impossible to name them all individually; you

know who you are and please accept my thanks.

I am very greatful to John Clark for his help creating the third

edition.

Finally, thanks to the team at Pearson Education and, in par-

ticular, to my publisher Rachael Stock for believing so strongly in

my book. Thanks also to Samantha Jackson, my publisher for the

second edition, and to Martina O’Sullivan for the third edition.

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